Quit \Quit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quit or Quitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Quitting.]

[OE. quiten, OF. quiter, quitier, cuitier, F. quitter, to acquit, quit, LL. quietare, fr. L. quietare to calm, to quiet, fr. quietus quiet. See Quiet, a., and cf. Quit, a., Quite, Acquit, Requite.]

1. To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate. [R.]

To quit you of this fear, you have already looked Death in the face; what have you found so terrible in it? --Wake.

2. To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit.

There may no gold them quyte. --Chaucer.

God will relent, and quit thee all his debt. --Milton.

3. To discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and satisfy, as a claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to requite; to repay.

The blissful martyr quyte you your meed. --Chaucer.

Enkindle all the sparks of nature To quit this horrid act. --Shak.

Before that judge that quits each soul his hire. --Fairfax.

4. To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.

Be strong, and quit yourselves like men. --I Sam. iv. 9.

Samson hath guit himself Like Samson. --Milton.

5. To carry through; to go through to the end. [Obs.]

Never worthy prince a day did quit With greater hazard and with more renown. --Daniel.

6. To have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to depart from; to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to quit the place; to quit jesting.

Such a superficial way of examining is to quit truth for appearance. --Locke.

To quit cost, to pay; to reimburse.

To quit scores, to make even; to clear mutually from demands.

Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue from it? --South.

Syn: To leave; relinquish; resign; abandon; forsake; surrender; discharge; requite.

Usage: Quit, Leave. Leave is a general term, signifying merely an act of departure; quit implies a going without intention of return, a final and absolute abandonment.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Quit \Quit\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Quit \Quit\, a. [OE. quite, OF. quite, F. quitte. See Quit, v., Quirt.]

Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted. --Chaucer.

The owner of the ox shall be quit. --Ex. xxi. 28.

Note: This word is sometimes used in the form quits, colloquially; as, to be quits with one, that is, to have made mutual satisfaction of demands with him; to be even with him; hence, as an exclamation: Quits! we are even, or on equal terms. ``To cry quits with the commons in their complaints.'' --Fuller.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Quit \Quit\, v. i. To away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Guitguit \Guit"guit`\, n. [So called from its note.]

(Zo["o]l.) One of several species of small tropical American birds of the family C[oe]rebid[ae], allied to the creepers; -- called also quit. See Quit.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)